Guri City Shares Results of Eight-Month 'Citizen-Participatory Living Lab Project'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] On the 17th, Guri City held the '2025 Guri City Smart City Living Lab Operation Service Final Report Session' at the Women's Happiness Center and shared the results of the citizen-participatory living lab project that had been promoted over the past eight months.

The 'Smart City Living Lab' is a citizen-participatory program where citizens directly propose urban problems experienced in daily life and experiment on solutions together with public institutions and private experts.

The city operated the living lab from March 10 to November 4, discovering 15 ideas from citizen participation groups, and selected 2 of them as demonstration projects to promote.

The selected projects are △an interactive multimedia learning device for youth △installation of multimedia lighting in Jangja Lake Park.

The 'interactive multimedia learning device for youth' was pilot-deployed at welfare centers and received high positive responses as it allows youth to enjoy both physical activity and learning simultaneously through experiential content. The 'multimedia lighting installation at Jangja Lake Park' project improved safety in dark pedestrian sections and nighttime scenery, receiving positive evaluations from citizens.

Mayor Baek Gyeong-hyun stated, "This Smart City Living Lab was a meaningful process where citizens took the lead in defining problems and finding solutions," and added, "To realize a smart city that citizens can experience, we will continue to expand such participatory living lab projects."